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The White House has announced nominations or the intention to nominate individuals to 43 positions requiring Senate confirmation. This includes President Trump's first wave of U.S. attorney nominations.
US President Donald Trump has sowed doubts about his loyalty to those who work for him, most recently with his tweets that appeared to attack Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the US government.
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump, as they depart the White House for Camp David, June 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images. U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump, as they depart the White House for Camp David, June 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images.
This Sept, 6, 1978 photo provided by the White House shows the principals in the Middle East Summit, from left, Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat, President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, meeting for the first time at Camp David, Md.
President Donald Trump retains control of assets that as of April 15 were worth at least $1.4 billion and had generated nearly $600 million in gross revenues in the previous 151/2 months, according to a new financial disclosure released Friday. The report, which the president voluntarily filed with the Office of Government Ethics, underscores the unprecedented financial interests Trump has brought with him to the Oval Office, an arrangement that has generated sharp criticism and spurred legal challenges.
More than most, President Trump relishes his adversarial relationship with reporters. A day after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers, though, Trump could be softening his tone with the White House press corps.
Prominent conservatives including former Speaker Newt Gingrich fired off salvos at special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday, insisting that the man leading the probe into allegations of links between the Trump campaign and Russia is out to damage the president. But the wave of criticism sparked other Republicans to warn that any concerted push against the special counsel could be politically disastrous for the White House.
Republican Presidential candidate George Bush looks at his wife Barbara November 1, 1978 in Hoston, TX. Bush is campaigning for the presidential primary elections.
Qatar has paid $2.5 million to the law firm of a former attorney general under U.S. President George W. Bush to audit its efforts at stopping terrorism funding, a matter at the heart of the Gulf diplomatic crisis that erupted last week. John Ashcroft personally will lead his Washington-based firm's efforts "to evaluate, verify and as necessary, strengthen the client's anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing" compliance, according to documents filed to the U.S. Justice Department.
Former FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his conversations with President Trump on the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Key takeaways from the James Comey testimony Former FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his conversations with President Trump on the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Tapped on Wednesday by Donald Trump as the new head of the FBI, Christopher Wray is a high-flying criminal lawyer who represented Trump ally Chris Christie in a New Jersey political scandal and once worked under fired FBI director James Comey. If confirmed by the Senate to a 10-year term as the bureau's director, Wray will succeed Comey who was abruptly sacked by the US president one month ago.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate former Department of Justice official Christopher A. Wray to take over as FBI director. Wray, who attended Yale University for undergraduate and law school, was nominated by former President George W. Bush to be the assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
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The front-runner in Virginia's Republican gubernatorial primary this year, Ed Gillespie, is campaigning on what traditionally would be considered an impressive political resume: former Republican National Committee Chairman, presidential adviser, lobbyist, and, in 2014, unsuccessful Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. In one campaign ad , Gillespie is seen alongside former President George W. Bush, and promises voters, "I know firsthand how the system works."
JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with James Comey during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - In the annals of political theater, there may be little precedent for James Comey's scheduled appearance before a Senate committee Thursday.
Cities are pushing back on the possibility of losing millions of dollars in U.S. anti-terrorism grants under President Donald Trump's spending plan - the third straight White House that has moved to cut the funding. The proposed budget would cut cash for the program from $605 million to nearly $449 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 and require cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas to pay 25 percent of the grants.
JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with James Comey during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - In the annals of political theater, there may be little precedent for James Comey's scheduled appearance before a Senate committee Thursday.
The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday that it may withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council, pending reforms to policies and removing what Washington views as a perceived "anti-Israel bias" among member states. that diplomats and activists are expecting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley to deliver an ultimatum when she addresses members in Geneva for a three-week session.